GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The county is averaging more than 300 new cases of COVID-19 during the last seven days and public health officials are adding pop-up clinics next week to provide additional opportunities to vaccinate.
From January to October, unvaccinated state residents accounted for 93.1 percent of coronavirus cases, 90.7 percent of hospitalizations, and 90.5 percent of deaths, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
From Nov. 27 until Friday, Dec. 3, the county reported more than 2,100 new COVID cases, including 507 on Dec. 2, the second-highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to the county’s COVID dashboard.
Kayleigh Blaney, deputy health officer for the county, said Friday that cases in children are accounting for 25 to 32 percent of total infections daily.
Anyone 5 years or older is eligible for vaccination from the Health Department at its clinics, for which no appointment is needed.
Booster shots are available for those 18 and older who received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago. Individuals 18 or older who received the Janssen vaccine are eligible for a booster dose at least two months after receiving their primary dose.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending a booster shot for those individuals 18 and older who were previously vaccinated.
In addition to three standing clinics, pop-up vaccination clinics are planned for next week.
“Turnout has varied from clinic to clinic,” Blaney said in a statement to MLive-The Flint Journal Friday.
Nearly 500 individuals -- about one-half of whom were children, were vaccinated at each of two clinics held in Grand Blanc, she said, while turnout was less than 100 at other pop-up locations.
Here are the Health Department clinics planned for next week:
- Sunday, Dec. 5, at Central Church of the Nazarene, 1261 W. Bristol Road, Flint, from 2-5 p.m.
- Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Our Lady of Guadalupe, 2316 W. Coldwater Road, Flint, from 12-2 p.m.
- Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the cafeteria of Gates Elementary School, 2359 S. Irish Road, Davison, from 5-7 p.m.
- Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Central Church of the Nazarene, 1261 W. Bristol Road, Flint, from 12-2 p.m.
- Wednesday, Dec. 8, at the cafeteria of Southwestern Classical Academy, 1420 W. 12th St., Flint, from 3-6 p.m.
- Thursday, Dec. 9, at Shiloh Missionary Baptist, 2120 N. Saginaw St., Flint, from 3-6 p.m.
- Friday, Dec. 10, at Lake Fenton High School, 4040 Lahring Road, Linden, from 12-5 p.m.
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